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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CATHL'EEN DEVLIN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISIIJAN D.

Patented May 20, 1919.

STOVE-POLISH.

1 ,304 ,163 Specification of Letters Patent.

No Drawing. Application filed November 20, 1918. Serial No. 263,297.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CATHLEEN DEVLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove- Polishes, of which the following is a speci- 'fication.

This invention relates to polishing compositions, and particularly to compositlons designed for polishing stoves.

The general object of this invention is to provide a composition of this character which shall be in the form of a paste, which may be readily applied to the stove or other surface designed to be polished, and which will take a high and bright luster. A further object is to provide a polish which will dry very quickly after its application and which, after one or two applications of the composition to the stove, will not require to be polished for a considerable length of time.

My composition has as its ingredients, black lead, turpentine, boiled linseed oil, asphaltum, citronclla, amylacetate, and some material which will give a pleasant odor to the composition.

While I do not wish to be limited to any exact proportions of parts, I preferably use to one pound of pure black lead or graphite two ounces of turpentine, the black lead and turpentine being thoroughly mixed and the turpentine being used with the black lead for the purpose of making the black lead into a paste. With this mass is mixed l ounce of pure boiled linseed oil for the purpose of keeping the paste soft, moist and ready for use. Combined with the ingredi ents before named is one ounce of asphaltum, whose purpose is to give a deep,black and glossy luster with lasting qualities to the paste. In order that the paste may adhere to the article to which it is applied, I add to the ingredients before specified of citronella. of amylacetate or banana oil is also thoroughly intermixed with the mass, in order to make the composition easily polished when it is applied, that is,-to secure a luster with relatively little labor. In order that the paste may have a pleasant smell, I- add to the paste of orange juice.

A stove polish of the character above described may be applied to the stove either with a brush or cloth and will dry in five or ten seconds. It is then polished with a dry brush which will produce a brilliant gloss or luster on the stove. After one or two applications of the stove polish, it will not be required to be polished again for a considerable length of time, owing to the permanence of the polish. This, of course, reduces the labor and expense of keeping the stove bright. If water, dirt Or ashes should fall on the polished surface it may be brushed off without destroying the luster or gloss of the surface or if the luster is dimmed it can be renewed by simply rubbing with the brush or cloth without applying any more paste to the surface.

I claim A stove polish consisting of the following ingredients in the following proportions, viz., 1 pound pure graphite, 2 ounces turpentine, ounce of boiled linseed oil, 1 ounce of asphaltuln, of citronella, of

' amylacetate, and a perfuming ingredient.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

MERRILL B. HANDY, FRANK L. MOMAHON.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. 0." 

